Oct 27, 2020 - Sale 2549

Sale 2549 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 469
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
Oratio de Classibus.

Basel: [Robert Winter/Thomas Platter], 1537.

Octavo, a-c8, d4, translated from Greek to Latin by Johannes Lonicer (1497-1569), no printer named on title or colophon, final leaf blank but for large beautifully executed woodcut printer's mark depicting Athena, with her shield, spear, owl, and helmet, within a frame of twining branches; bound in modern half parchment, printed paper boards with text in red and black, 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.